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XTB expands retail offering, launches responsible SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... indices." In the past 12 months, XTBs outperformed the Composite Bond Index and the Credit Index, as well as ETFs and managed funds. Martin warned advisers of the falsehood that investing in fixed income ETFs must be the same as investing in ASX200 equity ...

Active the best way forward for super: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... five-year timeframes. His research, composed from Vanguard Australia data, analyses the performance of 728 actively managed funds across two five-year periods - to December 2011 and 2016. "Statistically, there was a less than 2% chance that the funds ...

Platinum expands North American footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... North American clients, who may have a tendency to home market bias." Platinum recently launched two exchange-traded managed funds on the ASX: the Platinum International Managed Fund (Quoted Managed Fund) trading under PIXX, and the Platinum Asia Fund ...

Praemium grows SMA options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... This brings the total number of model portfolios available in the Praemium SMA to 579. Praemium also added 27 new managed funds and 14 ETFs/LICs with the number of individual managed funds now at 301. Praemium head of distribution Martin Morris said ...

VanEck Australia makes first billion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... increase of 37% year-on-year. "Outperformance is the biggest attraction, followed by lower costs compared to actively managed funds. Our smart beta ETFs aren't based on fads or fashion, but on solid investment strategies which deliver clearly defined ...

Former StatePlus MD joins Australian Ethical

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... (63.3%) of Australian Ethical's FUM comes from direct applications to its super fund - the remainder is split between managed funds, institutional investment and retail investment through intermediaries. Its managed funds suite saw a 29% increase in ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with $620m manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... deals coming to market. "Perpetual is one of the leading independent providers of responsible entity services to the managed funds industry in Australia, and we are committed to providing market-leading services to our clients." The High Conviction Fund ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... Scorecard as one that can be misinterpreted. She said the scorecard, which measures the performance of actively-managed funds against category benchmarks - and, as of February this year, paints a particularly bleak picture of the industry, with only ...

Australian Ethical sees 34pct member surge

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... (63.3%) of Australian Ethical's FUM comes from direct applications to its super fund - the remainder is split between managed funds, institutional investment and retail investment through intermediaries. Its managed funds suite saw a 29% increase in ...

CommSec and CFS combine tech strengths

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... asset types and a full range of portfolio reporting," Chun said. As of the initial launch, listed securities, cash, managed funds and term deposits will be available via Portfolio Service, with managed accounts to be offered in due course.